College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi State 57, Louisiana Tech 21
When: 7:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 9, 2017
Where: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, Louisiana
Attendance: 28100
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Mississippi State 16 20 21 0 57
Louisiana Tech 9 5 0 7 21
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:21
Louisiana Tech   FG  Louisiana Tech 3 - Mississippi State 0
Jonathan Barnes 27 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:46
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 0
Kameron McKnight 1 yd. run (kick failed)
1st Quarter - 5:05
Mississippi State   FG  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 3
Tucker Day 36 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:06
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 10
Jeffery Simmons blocked punt return in end zone (Tucker Day kick)
1st Quarter - 0:10
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 16
Jordan Thomas 17 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 11:27
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 23
Donald Gray 6 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Tucker Day kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:12
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 30
Nick Fitzgerald 30 yd. run (Tucker Day kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:42
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 9 - Mississippi State 36
Gabe Myles 21 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 0:41
Louisiana Tech   MXPR  Louisiana Tech 11 - Mississippi State 36
Jaylon Ferguson yd. missed PAT return
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Louisiana Tech   FG  Louisiana Tech 14 - Mississippi State 36
Jonathan Barnes 45 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 14:27
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 14 - Mississippi State 43
Nick Fitzgerald 44 yd. run (Jace Christman kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:48
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 14 - Mississippi State 50
Jeffery Simmons 90 yd. fumble recovery (Jace Christman kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:24
Mississippi State   TD  Louisiana Tech 14 - Mississippi State 57
Kylin Hill 2 yd. run (Jace Christman kick)
4th Quarter - 0:15
Louisiana Tech   TD  Louisiana Tech 21 - Mississippi State 57
Zach Cousar 9 yd. pass from Westin Elliott (Jonathan Barnes kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Mississippi State Louisiana Tech
W‑L 2 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Mississippi State Louisiana Tech
Score 57 21
1st Downs 21 20
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-10
50%		 4-for-15
27%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%		 1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 459 315
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 40-327 50-152
Average/Rush 8.2 3.0
Passing
Comp-Att 13-20 13-30
Passing Yards 132 163
Average/Pass Play 6.6 4.8
Penalties-Yards 5-39 3-28
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 23:52 36:08
PLAYER STATS
Mississippi State (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Fitzgerald 12/18 124 3 1
K. Thompson 1/2 8 0 0
Louisiana Tech (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Smith 10/23 140 0 1
W. Elliott 3/6 23 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Fitzgerald 10 111 11.1 2
A. Williams 9 107 11.9 0
K. Hill 10 62 6.2 1
N. Gibson 5 15 3.0 0
D. Lee 2 15 7.5 0
K. Thompson 2 11 5.5 0
D. Thomas 1 7 7.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
B. Scott 13 96 7.4 0
J. Craft 18 81 4.5 0
J. Dancy 7 45 6.4 0
I. Tucker 3 25 8.3 0
K. McKnight 1 1 1.0 1
J. Smith 7 -9 -1.3 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
A. Williams 1 28 28.0 0
J. Thomas 2 25 12.5 1
G. Myles 1 21 21.0 1
D. Thomas 3 20 6.7 0
D. Gray 4 19 4.8 1
J. Jackson 1 14 14.0 0
J. Johnson 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Gaines 3 104 34.7 0
T. Veal 3 15 5.0 0
C. Powell 2 14 7.0 0
K. McKnight 2 13 6.5 0
Z. Cousar 1 9 9.0 1
B. Scott 2 8 4.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. McLaurin 1 32 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Robertson 1 61 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Green 2.0 12.0
D. Harris 1.0 2.0
L. Lewis 0.5 6.0
J. Abram 0.5 5.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Abram 6 1
M. McLaurin 6 4
D. Harris 4 2
C. Morgan 3 0
T. Brown 3 1
J. Simmons 3 2
E. Thompson 2 1
M. Sweat 2 1
S. Adegoke 2 1
G. Green 2 5
W. Gay 1 0
M. Spencer 1 0
D. Gray 1 0
B. Bryant 1 0
G. Harris 1 1
K. Jones 1 1
F. Adams 1 1
L. Lewis 1 2
T. Washington 1 2
J. Gray 1 2
C. Rayford 0 1
K. Charles 0 1
K. Jones 0 1
J. Peters 0 1
T. Jung 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Mason 3 0
A. Robertson 3 1
D. Canty 3 2
D. King 3 3
B. Durman 3 5
C. Johnson 2 1
E. Blankenship 2 1
R. Farris 2 2
J. Ferguson 2 2
S. Cooper 2 3
M. Rodriguez 1 0
J. Jackson 1 0
D. Washington 1 1
A. Roberson 1 1
D. Lewis 1 1
T. Spencer 1 1
M. Sam 1 1
J. Bradford 1 2
R. Lewis 1 2
L. Sneed 0 1
C. Scott 0 1
E. Kendzior 0 1
K. Garner 0 1
J. Baldwin 0 1
M. Ydarraga 0 1
R. Dunn 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Green 2.0 12.0
D. Harris 1.0 2.0
T. Brown 1.0 1.0
M. Sweat 1.0 1.0
L. Lewis 0.5 6.0
J. Abram 0.5 5.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Canty 1.0 3.0
A. Roberson 1.0 2.0
B. Durman 1.0 1.0
A. Robertson 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Smith 2